Hanami's manga / #Age Gap(40)

Lawyer Matsuno Shuuichi wakes up after a night of drinking to find that Sakura Rin, a male prostitute, had spent the night. I really enjoyed this manga, mostly because of the characters. I sympathized with Rin and understood why he did what he did and what he was searching for. Matsuno is one of the nicest, if a bit slow, semes ever. Every time he did something stupid and Daiki chewed him out I just died. And I liked how their feelings for each other developed over time.

Cute story about how Arima Kouhei, a fudanshi, and his little brother Kanata fall in love with a hairdresser and a teacher respectively. Kouhei has got to be the cutest thing ever, I don’t blame Shiiba Kazuomi for being smitten with him. I have to give props to Kanata, he just went for it with Mimasaka Kyuogo sensei. I loved his attitude and how he was both cute and manly.

Tokura Ei is a forensic archaeologist who’s dealt with discrimination due to the fact that he’s gay. He struggles to keep his distance from his childhood friend and lover Kamiryou Gin, because he doesn’t want Gin to experience bigotry. This was a really intense manga. It was really interesting to have the topic of discrimination be front and center. While I get why Ei was hurting Gin, my heart still went out to both of them. I loved Gin’s perseverance, after all the stuff he did and put up with to get Ei, he seriously deserves a happy ending.

Mitsusawa Ryuuji hasn’t forgotten about his childhood friend and first love. A fated reunion occurs when Shitara Megumu becomes a part-time lecturer at Ryuuji’s college. This manga is one of those cases of Yaoi logic. Megumu doesn’t want Ryuuji to hate but he then proceeds to do things that might cause Ryuuji to hate him. They were a pair of idiots at the beginning and then became the cute idiot couple.